Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me.

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

Pizza makes me think that anything is possible.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.